Automobile attachment



v F. MASHEK AUTOMOBILE ATTACHMENT Filed oct. 13. 1922 Patented dan. S, 1924.

nali-:n sra'rss FRANK Masami, or onrcaeo, ILLINOIS.

' AUTOMOBILE ATTACHIJIENT.

Application filed. Qctober 13, 19252. Serial No. 594,348.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANK MASHEK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Coolr, and

.n State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Attachments, of which the following is a specification. Y

rIhis invention relates to automobile atie tachments, and more particularly toa carrying case adapted to be attached to the rug supporting, or similar, member, ordinarily provided in automobiles, such case having a cover looped over said member and fastened to vsaid case by suitable locking means. Another objectof the invention is to pro vide means for securingthe case'upon'the supporting member independently of the cover, together with-means for detachably JM securing the bottom portion of said case to the automobile to prevent movement thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a distensible case of the type commonly known as brief cases.7 in the situation above referred to, such case when dc tached from the automobile being to all intents and purposes an ordinary brief case, and capable of similar use.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understoody by reference to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thisspecication, and in which,

Fig. 1, is a front elevation vof the invention showing a supportingbar of the type usually provided on the rear side of the forward seat of an automobile, together with the case applied thereon, portions of such case being broken away to expose the fastening means used in connection therewith.,v and Fig. 2, is a sectional view on the line 2- of Fig. 1.

Referring-to the drawings 10 represents a supporting bar of the type ordinarily pro-V vided upon the rear side of the forward seat of an automobile, though it is obvious that any other similar support in whatever situation, may be utilized without departing from the scope of the invention. A distensible carrying case, of the type commonly known as a brief case having a body portion 1,1, and a flap orcover 12 is adapted to be disposed adjacent the supporting Lbar 10 or supporting member and have the cover 12 looped thereover, the body 11 .being provided with a rotatable lug 13 adapted to be selectively engaged with any one of a plurality of slots 14 in the cover V12, turningflof the lug 13 crosswise Of-said slots securing the cover to the body portion `and the case to the support. A. lock 15 having a locking member 16 may be engaged with an aperture in the lug 13, so asito securely loclrthe cover to the body, and the Vcase tothe supporting member 10. The body 11. and cover l`2'are also preferably provided vwith'straps 17 such as those illustrated in the draw- Y means within the case, adjacent the cover 1 i thereof, which securing means may be in the form of hoolrs 19 adapted to be hooked over the supporting member 10, vso as to support the casein position, and permitindependent operation of the cover 12. Preferably mounted adjacent the lower portion of the case is a pair of straps 2O which Vmay have their inner ends detachably fastened to the body 11 of the case by anysuitable means such as snap fasteners 21.

By this arrangement itrwill be apparent that a carrying case, substantially in the form of a brief case, may be placedin position upon the automobile by looping the flap susy thereof over a suitable supporting member n l' and locking the flap to` the body portion of the case, thus not only locking the case, but vlocking the case to the automobile. In admay be disposed over the case in the same way they would be disposed over the supporting member if the case Were not present.

Nhen'the case is removed from its position. on the supporting member it may be carried about in the same manner as an ordinary brief case, or travelling bag.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification Without departing from the Spirit of the invention. l. therefore, do not Wishv to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications `as come Within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described myinvention, what claim as new and desire to secure by Let.- ters Patent is:

l. case having means for securing the Ysame on a supporting rod, said means con- 2. A distensible case having means for sef case, the cover of said case being looped over said supporting member and secured to said case; means for locking said cover to said case and member; and means including straps With fasteners for detachably confining the bottom portion of said case against movement. 4 Y

rlie combinationl with the rug'supporting rod'of an automobile; of a case comprising hooks fastened Yon the inside thereof and havin@- rounded engaging ends forl securing the same on said supporting rod, the cover of said case being looped over said supporting rod and locked in position on said case.; and means including straps with fasteners for detachably retaining the bottom portion of said case against movement.

ln testimony whereof lvhave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.V

FRANK MASHEK.`

l/Vitnesses r i ,JOSHUA R. H. Porre, FREDA C. APPLETON.- 

